Director
Akshat
Verma
says
Saif
Ali
Khan
was
the
first
choice
for
his
directorial
venture
"Kaalakaandi" but
at
one
point
the
makers
did
approach
Fawad
Khan
to
play
the
same
part.
Akshat
has
revealed
that
when
the
film
was
with
UTV,
they
were
in
talks
with
Fawad
to
play
the
role,
which
is
now
being
played
by
Saif.
"Fawad
was
supposed
to
be
one
of
the
actors
we
talked
to
when
the
project
was
with
UTV.
It
was
around
2013...
He
was
going
to
play
the
role
Saif
plays.
But
ultimately
everything
happens
for
a
reason
and
for
the
best.
No
one
could
have
done
the
role
better
than
Saif," Akshat
says
in
an
interview
with
PTI.
"Kaalakaandi" chronicles
the
story
of
six
characters
from
different
worlds
of
Mumbai
in
a
span
of
12
hours
and
how
the
lives
of
complete
strangers
intersect.
Interestingly,
Akshat
says
his
"instinct
for
Saif
was
right"
as
he
had
written
the
film
initially
keeping
him
in
mind.
"When
I
first
messaged
Saif,
I
didn't
get
a
reply
from
him.
When
I
finally
met
him,
it
was
almost
two
years
to
the
date
I
had
texted
him,
and
I
still
have
the
message
saved.
"This
time,
he
had
read
the
script
because
Ashi
(Dua,
one
of
the
producers)
had
sent
it
to
him.
He
said
'ok
we
are
on' in
five
minutes.
So
the
time
period
was,
on
one
hand
two
years
and
on
the
other,
just
five
minutes
to
get
Saif,"
he
adds.
Credits:
PTI